Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2544, Nathan Furman, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Furman, Nathan or Farman
S 2544
CONTENTS
Card

Notes of the work with an AB
31. 227 Have 25. 100
Inscribed on the Roll of the King-George at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate & Pension issued the 12 day of October 1837 and David Root
Arrears to the 14th of June 615878379.95 Semi-ann. allowance ending June 31. 65 $411.64
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. W. Bays Clerk, Book 82 Vol. 3 Page 129

No 3420 Nathan Sherman's application under the Law of 1832.
Actuated
Pm etc of Dragoons 12 m o do of Infantry 4 " 16-
Hon. Jos. F. Randolph HR
J. D. Randolph, Esq. P. B. Brumback

Declaration
Of Nathan Furman, of the County of Middlesex, New Jersey, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of New Jersey Middlesex County, ss. On this twelfth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, personally appeared, in open court, before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County now sitting, Nathan Furman a tenant of the Poor House of the Township of North Brunswick in said County, in the 78th year of his age, who being first duly sworn on his oath maketh the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That not long after the passage of that act he applied to a friend for advice how to proceed, and was advised that he had better wait until he could procure more testimony as to his services, than he then had obtained in and; and that he has consequently from that time to the present delayed in the hope of presenting his case in an unexceptionable form. He is after all obliged to make his application under the disadvantages he originally labored.
He was born in the County of Middlesex, New Jersey, on the twenty first day of September 1759, as he is advised by a record to that effect, recorded in the County of Middlesex during the war of the Revolution, and has continued to reside therein during his whole life, with now and then temporary exceptions. (Note by a clerical error the figure 8 was placed in the date of Furman's birth, instead of 5. He was born in 1759) (H.P.)

His residence being in the neighborhood of New Brunswick , he was driven from home when the British entered New Jersey, and remained from his usual place of residence, from the fall of 1776, to the summer of 1777. During that time he joined the company of Capt Simon Duryea, and did service under him continually, from early in the winter of 1776-7 to June 1777. He had no home, at least no regular home, and was glad of the opportunity of being enga- ged in the militia service all the time. At that time, too, there was a call for the services of every man able to shoulder a mus- ket; and every man had to be out one half the time - the militia, then, being divided into only two classes. During the time he then mentions, he did at least three tours of a month each all of them under Capt Duryea, Major Brant Fleet Ditch. Their service was along the Rari- tan, in the neighborhood of New Brunswick, and in the country surrounding, defending it from the plundering & foraging parties of the enemy, then in New Brunswick. As soon as the British left New Brunswick in 1777, his father removed back to his farm near New Brunswick, and this deponent with him. He was soon after, in the same year, engaged in a tour of a month at Elizabethtown and that neighborhood, in defending that section of the State. This tour was done under Capt Henry Guest, Col. Steele. In the same year of 1777, he did another tour of a month along South River, below New Brunswick, under Capt. Guest, in protecting that part of the country from the plundering parties that came up in boats. South River is a branch of

He was Raritan, and captured into the Raritan shore five miles below New Brunswick, and ten from Amboy Bay, where the British vessels lay. In the commencement of 1778 he did another tour of a month in the company of Capt. Gwalt, to which he now belonged, and under the com- mand of Capt. Gwalt & Col. Wilson, in the same district of country, and in the same service of protection from the plundering & marauding parties of the enemy. In a month or so afterwards, in the same year, he did ano- ther tour of duty of a month under Capt. Gwalt & Col. Taylor on the Raritan below New Brunswick, in defending it from the enemy. He then in the Spring of 1778 joined the Troop of Horse commanded by Capt. Richard Stinson, which was attached to Col. Wilson's regi- ment, in which troop he continued to do duty for the remainder of the war. Soon after he joined this Troop, he went out on a tour with it to Elizabeth Town, and served there one month under Capt. Stinson, in in the defence of that po- sition along what was termed the lines. His next tour was in 1778 before and at the bat- tle of Monmouth. He was out on this tour one month, and went into Fort Mifflin, to meet the enemy in his advance from Philadelphia. He was engaged with the Troop in the battle of Mon- mouth. Capt. Stinson was his captain. He did one other tour of duty of a month, during this year, at South Amboy, among the Trades , as the intercourse between the enemy and the Tories was called, to keep such illicit and treasonable traffic from being carried on. This tour was under Capt. Stinson. In 1779, in the early part of that year, he did a

time of a month under Capt. Nixon, at Elizabeth Town, and in the vicinity in guarding that sec- tion of country. In the same year he did another time of a month under Capt. Nixon, in the country between Woodbridge & Somerset Court House. During this time, the famous Simcoe made a dash into the State, with his troop of horse, passing at or near Woodbridge and tra- versing the country, a distance of fifteen to twenty miles, to Somerset Court House, burn- ing that, and then endeavored to escape below New Brunswick. Simcoe had his horse shot under him, and was taken prisoner and came near losing his life from the fury of the men into whose hands he fell. In the same year he performed another time along the Raritan River, and was out a month under the Lieutenants of their company, Lieut. Petty. This was in the usual service of guarding the shore from the depredations of the enemy. And in the same year he did another time of a month under Capt. Nixon at Elizabeth Town, in guarding that point from the enemy. In the year 1780, he performed a time of a month in the Springs under Capt. Nixon, in South Amboy, to keep the enemy in check there. In the same year, in June, he performed another time of a month, at the time of the battle of Spring- field, under Capt. Nixon & Lieut. Neilson. He was in the engagement at that time, and after the battle was sent express to Princeton, to convey some orders or despatches there, from the Continental army. In the same year, he did another time of a month under Capt. Nixon, Lt. Col. Daylor, at Spotswood and that neighborhood,

15- To keep in check the the British and their tory allies. In 1781, in January of that year, his company was called out on occasion of the revolt of the Pennsylvania line, and they performed a tour of a month at that time, he being with them, under Capt. Nixon. In the same year, he did another tour of a month at Cheesquaker, under Capt. Nixon & Col. Taylor, in protecting that part of the country from depredation. In the same year, he did another tour of a month under Capt. Nixon & Col. Neilson in the Eastern section or boundary of the state, in defence of the lives and property of the inhabitants there. In 1782, he did another tour of a month at Sholamack and that neighborhood, from the combined depredations and devastations of the British and their tory allies. In the same year he did another tour of a month under Capt. Nixon at Woodbridge and Perth Amboy, in protecting that neighborhood from the enemy on the opposite shore. In the same year, he did another tour of a month at Elizabethtown under Capt. Nixon & Col. Neilson in guarding them from the inroads and depredations of the enemy. He was out on one tour of a month in the early part of 1783, at Cheesquaker, under Capt. Nixon, principally to keep the Tories in check. This is the last service he recollects. In all his services, which he has narrated he was engaged in embodied corps of troops, called out by the state authorities, and was under regular officers, commissioned, and in all respects was subject to the rules and discipline of the continental service. Their supplies were drawn from the public stores that is of food. He found his own horse and equipment. He never received any written discharge from the service. The only occasions, that he now recollects of, when he acted in conjunction with continental troops, were at

Monmouth and Springfield. He refers to the Rev Samuel B. How, and David Rootes, — of his neighbor- hood for his general character for veracity and probity, and as to their belief in his revolutionary services , and he accompanies this application with all the proof he has been able to collect in relation to those services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the roll of the agency of any state.
Given to Subscribed the day 30th March 1841 Samuel B. How 7 years of age or thereabouts.
Peter R. Murray Judge
We Samuel B. How, Esqymen, and David Rootes, residing in the neighborhood of the a time named Nathan Furman, do hereby certify, that we are acquainted with him, that we believe him to be in the 78th year of his age, as he has stated; that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Given to Subscribed before us, the day 30th March 1841. Peter R. Murray Judge
I have no personal acquaintance with Mr N. Furman but cheerfully certify to all the rest from the testimony of Gentlemen in whom I have confidence.
Samuel B. How David Rootes
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after hearing the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certify, that it appears to them that Samuel B. How, who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in

New Brunswick, and that David Tomkins, who has also signed the same is a resident of said city, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nicholas Booraem, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Nathan Freeman for a Pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
N. Booraem Clerk

State of New Jersey Middlesex County } ss. On this 20th day of Sep- tember, 1837, before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Garret Safey, known to me as a credible per- son, who being duly sworn, on his oath saith, that he is a soldier of the Revolution, and now in the receipt of a Pension as such; that he is acquainted with Nathan Furman, who is now a tenant of the Poor House in the township of North Brunswick, Middlesex County; that he knew said Furman in the time of the war of the Revolution, from an early period of that war to its close, lived within a mile of the of his father's house, where also the said Furman lived; knows that said Furman was a decided Whig, and an ardent and active friend of his country in the Revolu- tion; knows that said Furman was out in the service, in answer to the usual calls upon the militia, during the war from 1776 to its end; does not recollect, however, of ever being out with him; did not live within the bounds of the same company, nor do duty in the same kind of service; the said Fur- man was most of the war in the horse or dragoon service, and the deponent in the Infantry: deponent was in the early part of the war in the year's continental service, but afterwards in the militia service, and had therefore an opportunity of knowing that said Furman was in service, though he cannot, from not being with him, detail these services. He can only say generally as he does say, that said Furman was

Engaged in the service in each and every year of the war, at least from the beginning of 1777 to the close of the war, doing the duty required of the militia, which amounted to three to five tours of a month in a year, and that so far as this deponent knows and believes, the said Furman performed all his tours regularly, and in all respects discharged his duty as a faithful sol- dier and unswerving friend to his country. That is the reputation the said Furman has at the time, and has always come. The deponent's knowledge, however, does not extend to the particulars of said Furman's service, and he can only therefore testify in this general way.
Subscribed known this day to me Peter B. Livingston Justice of the Peace
Garret Adair
State of New Jersey Middlesex County ss. On the day & year aforesaid, before me a Justice of the Peace as aforesaid, also personally appeared Darby Oran, known to me as a credible person, whose honor, on his oath saith, that he is acquaint- ed with Nathan Furman described in the foregoing affidavit of Garret Adair, and was acquainted with him during the war of the Revolution, and with his father before him; recollects the said Furman in the dragoon service, and that he was an active and effi- cient soldier; knows that said Furman has

always borne the reputation of having served fully and faithfully during the whole of the war from the time the British took pos- session of Buenos Aires; but this deponent had not an opportunity of witnessing these services, being himself otherwise engaged - in the naval service - he can only say, that he saw him in service once or twice, and knows from general reputation, and undisputed authority, that he continued in service throughout the war, and in each and every year of it, doing all the duty required of the militia. Said Furniss is a poor but respectable man, and entirely worthy of credence.
Given under my hand the day & year aforesaid, before me Peter P. Harrison Justice of the Peace his Mark Darby
I Nicholas Boorman Clerk of the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that Peter P. Harrison, before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that his signature thereto is in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 22 nd day of September 1837.
N Boorman Clerk

May 15, 1939
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Mrs. G. S. Dudley 178 Livingston Avenue New Brunswick, New Jersey
NATHAN FURMAN S. 2544 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
The data which follow in regard to Nathan Furman (name shown also as Farman) were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 2544, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Nathan Furman was born September 21, 1759, in Middlesex County, New Jersey. The names of his parents were not given.
While living with his father in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, Nathan Furman enlisted in the fall of 1776 and served at various times until sometime in the year 1783 on short tours of one month each, amounting in all to twenty-three months as private in the New Jersey troops, a part of the time in the infantry and part of the time in the cavalry, under Captains Simon Duryea, Henry Guest, Richard Nixon, Colonels Quick and Neilson, Lieutenant Colonel Taylor and Lieutenant Petty; during his service he was engaged in guarding the shores and was in the battles of Monmouth and Springfield.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed September 12, 1837, at which time he was a resident of North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. His name was borne on the pension roll as Nathan Farman.
There are no family data shown in the claim.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Nathan Furman or Farman, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Nathan Farman, certificate #31227, issued October 12, 1837, rate $63.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, New Jersey Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Nathan Freeman Case. Additional testimony as to his service
Oct 18 37
J. H. Randolph W. R. R. W.

State of New Jersey 2
Middlesex County 3d On this 2 o day of October 1837, before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Benjamin Norman, known to me as a credible person, whose testimony is to be relied upon, who being duly sworn, on his oath saith, that he is a soldier of the Revolution and now in the receipt of a pension as such; that he is, and has been from boyhood, well acquainted with Nathan Furnas, now in the Poor House in the township of North Brunswick in the County of Middlesex, that he knows that said Furnas was in the War of the Revolution, and was a true friend to his country, lived within two miles of his dwelling the whole of the War, except for a short time that said Furnas was in Somerset County; recollects that said Furnas belonged to the troops of Howe commanded by Captain ... on, but deponent himself belonged to the Infantry, and therefore cannot speak from personal knowledge of the services of said Furnas; the services of the dragoons were in many respects different from those of the Infantry, and were continued, as he believes, to the close of the War in 1783; believes, and has always understood, that said Furnas performed his full share of services - did all the duty required of the militia at that time, and that that duty amounted to several tours in a year up to the year 1783. Has no doubt, what soever, of said Furnas's claim for a pension being a just one, and that he is entitled to as large an allowance as any other militiaman
Subscribed and sworn to the day 3 rd of October 1837 Henry Liss, Justice of the Peace Benjamin his X Norman mark

Middlesex County ss
State of New Jersey, 31st day of October 1837.
Before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Henry O'Neil, known to me as a credible person, whose testimony may be relied upon, who being duly sworn, on his oath said, that he is a soldier of the Revolution, and in the receipt of a pension as such; that he is well acquainted with Matthew Furman, now of the Pen House in Rutland, known him well and intimately during the war of the Revolution lived within two miles of him. Knows that said Furman was, in the Militia Service in the Revolution, that he was at the commencement of the war in the Infantry service, and afterwards, in a company or troop of Horse, commanded by Capt. Mace; remembers well that said Furman was an active, efficient soldier, regular in the performance of his duties, and that he continued to serve throughout the war, to its close in 1783, in the in the said troops of horse, performing several tours in each and every year, according to the calls upon the militia and particularly upon that description of them to whom said Furman was attached. Deponent believes that the dragoons did more service than the infantry, for that they were frequently employed in conveying despatches, riding recon, and watching the movements of the enemy, which could only be performed by horsemen. Deponent has no doubt of the justice of said Furman's claim to a pension, and believes that he is entitled to a full pension for Matthew Furman's services.  Henry O'Neil Justice of the Peace  Subscribed before me this 31st day of October 1837. Henry O'Neil  My own affidavit Henry O'Neil Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey } I Nicholas Bonneau Clerk of the Middlesex County } Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Henry Bill- cock, before whom the foregoing affidavits of Benjamin Herman & Henry that were taken, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signatures & seals are in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this second day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
N. Bonneau Clerk

May 15, 1939
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Mrs. G. S. Dudley 178 Livingston Avenue New Brunswick, New Jersey
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters of recent date, in which you requested the Revolutionary War records of Nathan Forman, Furman or Firman who served from Middlesex or Monmouth County, New Jersey, Captain Nathaniel Norton who was born in 1747, lived in New York City and died there in October, 1837, also of Holmes Throckmorton, of Monmouth County, New Jersey.
This office has no further information in regard to Holmes Throckmorton than was furnished you February 28, 1933.
The records of Nathan Furman or Farman and Nathaniel Norton are furnished you herewith.
S. 2544
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1939, May 15 - Hiel to Mrs. G. A. Dudley (Rev in am 43084 of Nathaniel Norton) - MKD
Rev War
2544 INVALID.
File No. 2544
Nathan Farman
Pr. Inf. & Cav. Rev. War
Act: June 7. 1882
Index: - Vol. 4. , Page 125.
[Arrangement of 1870.]
✓ Nathan Farman. Records of Jan 13 1904